Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-03

bad more to lose than she. At all events
= the silent struggle did not last long, an(
she prevailed.
"Come, now," she said sitting erect
and addressing him in the fTiendliest bu-
most unsentimental tone imaginable
"Sit down here by me, old man, and let!
talk business. Perhaps you are not awar,
that l am spending the evening at
quiet small and early in Washington
square, and that Pm due at home
by ll:30!"
Grady emitted a perfunctory LITTLE
chuckle, shook himself, ard sat down
'iWell, what's the business goin' to De p
ae inquired.
Z" You know Whist | want to know. You
have kept 1t from me ali this slime, fol
fear of accidents, as you said; but now
/ that the thing is done want to know how
| 1t vas done and who did it."
! "Well, it's done, and that's ell about
! it, Grady replied, after some hesitation
1" The boys got clear off with the Doodle,
and nobody seen 'em."
"OI course, everybody knows that who
can red or who isn't deaf. But what
you must tell ne is Who the boys are"
Grady shook his head. There amt
no use in calm no Names" he said.
"NoW, listen TO me Jack, "said his com
pani0n, with emphasis. "Who was il
that made this job possible? How could
anything have been done if l hadn't been
acquainted with the people inside and got
you plan Of the inside of the vault and
found out &ll their aTrar gements for you?
You know the risk l TsD, and that am IN
as much danger st this moment as you or
nIy ole ~, Ia -.
to know their names, and f you care any
thing about me you Will tell me"
"LoOk here, Iovey," returned Grady
persuasively, "yOu ANT no ordinary fool
of woman, and you can catch on as
quick es anybody. The boys don't know
pOthin' about you, and it amt the SQUARE
thing that you should know them. This
ere amt no iokin' matter; if they was TO
get nabbed it's twenty years and no less
Tor all OF 'em. what's secret is secret:
and them as don't know it can't bIab it.
| amt sGyin' as you'd squeal; faint like
Iy l would; and you knows enough about
me to send me up whenever you've r
mind to. But as for the other boys il
amt my business to give 'em away, and
can't do it; and there amt no call for you
to know, 'cept just that you want to-"
While he was speaking she had sat with
her elbow on her knee and her chin sup
ported CD her hand. When he had done
she remained for few moments silent
and mOtionless.
His intimation that her motive in ask
ing him to reveal the names of the bur
glars was more idle curiosity perhaps
did her less than Justice. She was an
woman, and if her ambition |
was depraved, it was ambition none the |
less. What was the exact nature Of this !
ambition can, Of course, only be sur
missed but the surmise can be hazarded |
with some confidence.
In whatever society she found herself, |
it was her wish and purpose TO be first
to be the leader; and whether she was
surrounded by the wealth and culture
of the foremost circles of New York, or
whether she descended to the slums, this
purpose held good. To be queen among
.hieves-a despotic overeigu-holding
their lives and freedom in her hand, di.
reCting and controlling their operations,
forming combinations and accomplishing
crimes which should Sppal and pSralyze
society, these may have been among the
schemes that were generating in her
brain. That colder judgment might
able would not move her; It Was
ne unprecedented, the impossible, that
he craved. By knowing the secrets
# the leaders OF the criminal classes she
ould control them on the side of their
ears; by her beauty and Charm Of sex
he could rule them on another side.
he advantages which she would be able
0 afford them would be enormous; and {
ogether they might do more to demOral-
ze civilization than ell the uihilists and
anarchists Of recent times had been able
0 accomplish. And destruction is the {
eight Of those whose hearts are turned I
, evil.
But we may imagine that there was
$50 another current in her thoughts.
he knew, better than any one else G
Guild know it, the profound
ckleness of her nature, strangely
lough it was mingled with tenacity Of
uTpose and consistency Of mischief. She z
new that, although Tor the present her \
umor led her TO CGress this Csliban and q
lngle her thoughts and sympGthies with u
is, yet tn hour might come when she v
oU!t weary Of him and wish him re- y
owed from her path forever. But the y
over 10 effect this radiance, should It u
ecoma desirable, must DC Insured by &C s
hiring complete knowledge Of everything n
81, il communicsd 10 the authorities, s.
ould bring about the anIihilatio4 OF
n and his. So long as she was kept in g.
nOrepce she was helpless. b
This was not the first time she had
ade the attempt 20 enIighten that ignor- Z
ice, and every attempt had met with n
lure. woman of his calibre would p
I'VE lost her temper, qusrreled with te
rady, and thereby have allowed the Il
hole matter to slip through her fingers ST
1t she would not allow herself to admit d
feat. Moreover, Grady's persistent re- u
sal to accede to her wishes in this re- b.
ct,so far from alternating her from him, tC
id the effect of sugmenting the singular n
ecies of intatuation which she had con-